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Keep Your F&B Consumers Happy With Digital Transformation

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Food and beverage manufacturers are facing many similar challenges as other industrial companies– slim margins, aging equipment and lower budgets. However, there are also challenges unique to this sector. The biggest issues in the food and beverage sector involve consumers’ satisfaction with the products and brands they choose. First of all, consumers today demand a wider variety of products than ever before – according to Fortune, this increasing demand for variety is one of the main causes of the recent mass exodus of Big Food CEOs . This increasing variable demand means companies need to operate with greater agility to remain competitive. Second, digitally-connected consumers expect full transparency of information and will react instantly to safety and health issues. From the same Fortune article, consumers have already lost trust in once-staple legacy food brands. Any company impacted by a recall faces a similarly steep potential drop in trust. Implementing end to end traceabili...